Medusa is an ongoing traditional subject within art. However, she is often depicted as an objectified version of her decapitated head or as a demonised version of a woman. In this research, I...Show moreMedusa is an ongoing traditional subject within art. However, she is often depicted as an objectified version of her decapitated head or as a demonised version of a woman. In this research, I analysed if contemporary artworks were depicting Medusa as feminine and monstrous by researching and discussing her physical features, as well as determining what these aspects can tell us about contemporary society. This was achieved through the use of three case studies; Luciano Garbati’s Medusa with the Head of Perseus, Damien Hirst’s The Severed Head of Medusa, and PichiAvo’s Medusa. Through visual analysis and comparison, combined with literary and visual contextualisation from both contemporary and historic times, it was determined that contemporary artworks tend to stray from the stereotypical media portrayal of Medusa as a beast. Each artwork had feminine and monstrous aspects, each with different intentions and reasons. What they ended up showing within society is that Medusa’s story is being retold and the arts are helping convey this message. While some still focus on the monetary gains of art, others use their artworks of Medusa to support female empowerment.Show less
This thesis examines the role of the norm of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) during the 2017 Rohingya crisis in Myanmar. Literature shows humanitarian crises have continuously impacted the norm...Show moreThis thesis examines the role of the norm of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) during the 2017 Rohingya crisis in Myanmar. Literature shows humanitarian crises have continuously impacted the norm of R2P since 2005, shifting it towards or away from internalization in the international community. The 2017 crisis in Myanmar presented an opportunity for the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to implement the norm yet are widely regarded unsuccessful in doing so. Through conducting a Discourse-Theoretical Analysis (DTA) of UNSC meeting records on the Rohingya crisis, this thesis explores the norm’s (lack of) influence at the time. The analysis finds the duty of a government to protect its citizens and the duty of the international community to assist a struggling government are widely accepted, yet the duty of the international community to protect citizens against their own government is not. Finally, this thesis urges for further research on discourse and R2P to understand what drives UNSC member states in adhering to or rejecting the norm.Show less
Een onderzoek over hoe de publieke ruimte werd gebruikt en opgeëist door communisten en sociaaldemocraten tijdens politieke straatactiviteiten in de Haagse Binnenstad tussen 1929 en 1939.
The Aztec are frequently defined by their ruthless battles, blood sacrifices, magical shamans and ancient culture. This narrative has been maintained in museums of ethnography, where emphasis is...Show moreThe Aztec are frequently defined by their ruthless battles, blood sacrifices, magical shamans and ancient culture. This narrative has been maintained in museums of ethnography, where emphasis is put on religion and ritual, at the expense of technological innovation. This paper examines the Aztec uses of highly advanced technology (i.e., civil engineering, architecture, agriculture, metallurgy, information technology) and whether these aspects are represented in the collections of the British Museum (London), the Pitt Rivers Museum (Oxford) and the Volkenkunde Museum (Leiden). Furthermore, this paper offers a rhetorical analysis on how these collections are being displayed in the museums’ permanent exhibitions and what narrative the museums are persuading their visitors of. It concludes that the collections within the museums in question are not indicative of innovative advancements, resulting in the primitivizing of the Aztec Empire and condemning them further back in the alleged evolutionary timeline.Show less
International migration has reached record levels over the past five decades, and the expectation is that these levels will continue to proliferate. As immigration is at the forefront of the world...Show moreInternational migration has reached record levels over the past five decades, and the expectation is that these levels will continue to proliferate. As immigration is at the forefront of the world’s agenda, a burgeoning literature is interested in exploring the drivers of public attitudes toward immigrants. The scholarly literature mainly focusses on two sources of immigration attitudes: economic and cultural threat perceptions. However, these studies generally focus on developed countries, even though there are similar levels of migration in developing countries. This study addresses this sample bias by conducting a large-N observational analysis of the effect of economic and cultural threat perceptions on public attitudes toward immigrants in developing countries. Furthermore, this study conducts a second analysis to explore how countries’ development status affects the relationship between economic or cultural threat and immigration attitudes. The findings suggest that perceptions of economic and cultural threat are important explanatory factors for citizens’ immigration attitudes in developing countries. Moreover, the second analysis indicates that both economic and cultural threat have a stronger effect on immigration attitudes in developed countries than in developing countries. Taken together, these findings reinforce the relevance of the existing economic and cultural threat theories and shed light on the formation of public attitudes toward immigrants in developing countries.Show less
In dit scriptie-onderzoek wordt kwantitatief onderzoek gedaan naar of kiezers die een gebrek aan regionale vertegenwoordiging voelen in de nationale politiek in Nederland daardoor eerder op nieuwe...Show moreIn dit scriptie-onderzoek wordt kwantitatief onderzoek gedaan naar of kiezers die een gebrek aan regionale vertegenwoordiging voelen in de nationale politiek in Nederland daardoor eerder op nieuwe partijen zullen stemmen. De uitkomst in dit scriptie-onderzoek is dat met de verzamelde data (Nationaal Kiezersonderzoek van 2017 en 2021) geen conclusies hierover kunnen worden getrokken, maar de verwachting blijft staan dat het een eventueel invloed kan hebben op het ander.Show less
